Reggie Bush says, “It’s been fun New Orleans”

Posted by Mike Florio on April 29, 2011, 12:12 AM EDT

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With the Saints trading back into round one in order to land 2009 Heisman winner Mark Ingram and Reggie Bush slated to make more than $11 million in base salary next season, Bush possibly sees the handwriting on the wall.

“It’s been fun New Orleans,” Bush said on Twitter.

Of course, there’s a chance Bush was referring to the exit of the NBA’s Hornets from the playoffs. Or there’s a chance Bush is bidding adieu to the Big Easy.

And here’s where it gets even more interesting. Both Bush and Ingram are represented by the same agent, Joel Segal.

Think Reggie may be over reacting just a tiny bit….Pierre Thomas and Mark Ingram will be the main backs and Reggie will be what hes been…a match up nightmare….and you can still throw Ivory in the mix…calm down reggie its gonna be ok.

If he does indeed leave he will join up with his former New Orleans team mate and well known friend Jeremy Shockey in Carolina. I’m sure he is rather bitter over this decision New Orleans has made and like Shockey probably wants to make a statement to New Orleans. Why not go play pitch and catch with the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner for the closing of your career? Mark my words.

Hornets game? Come on folks don’t be so naive. And if his tweet was in reference to an NBA game, why the heck wasn’t he watching the friggin draft???!!!! He’s either a selfish brat because the Saints drafted a RB or a selfish brat for watching the NBA instead of watching the Saints use two first round draft picks.

It doesn’t matter if he was talking about the Saints or the Hornetts hes a goner. He won’t be missed at all. Ingram is a flat out stud. Bush was a bust plain and simple. Say what you want Saints fans the guy sucked. Maybe if he was drafted in the 3rd round and not 2nd overall, then he wouldn’t be a total bust. But he was 2nd overall and thus a bust. Going back in time Mario Williams pick that got ripped was the right call. Both Bush and Young were flakes. At least the Saints won a SB and they had a great 1st night of the draft weekend. Ingram should have never fallen that far.

In theory he wouldn’t be used any more or less than he has been in recent years. The issue is the base salary. He was going to be cut regardless of who NO drafted. They simply aren’t going to pay him $11mil next year.

If he’s reasonable and wants to do a deal with them, then there’s a deal there to be made. He adds a lot of value to them because, as an athlete, the defense must always account for where he is. That’s huge. But it’s not $11mil huge.

Hey Reggie say goodbye New Orleans and hello Oakland. Really stupid to draft Ingram when you have Bush, the Saints should go for the best offensive lineman to shore up their blocking. Anyway the Raiders could use a top flight running back though they need a top flight quarterback even more. It would be interesting if the Raiders could land both Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart, that would certainly improve their lagging offense.

Reggie has come to understand that he’s strictly a role-player in the NFL. He has open field talents that scare the heck out of defensive coordinators. He can catch the ball and make people miss, so he’s seriously dangerous when used that way.

But Reggie cannot ( indeed, will not ) run between the tackles, though Ingram can and will. Also, Reggie is fumble-prone and Ingram is not.

Reggie is overpaid for what he’s good at. If he will agree to a deferment of some of that cash, Peyton can use him and Ingram to win Bush another Super Bowl ring.

Well Bush cleverly got just what he wanted. He put out that tweet and let the rest of th emedia do its susal song and dance. Meanwhile, nobody really knows whether we was referring to Ingram or if he was tweeting about the Hornets, and who cares? He doesn’t because he knew the controversy would bring attention to him. I wonder how many hits his Twitter page got last nightr as a result. People who are jumping up and down about this are mornons. In the words of Bill Parcells, “You’ve been sucked.”